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Chapter 17 Tuareg People

The Tuareg were forced to accept the concept of territory in modern times.

As nomadic people, they not only have a weak sense of territory, but are even disgusted with the so-called concept of territory - why not nomadically move to other places?Why not? !

What's more, it is the traditional thinking of the Tuareg people to rob if they can beat it, and flee far away if they can't beat it. What kind of territory do they want?

Peng Du has received modern education, so he has a normal sense of territory.But he also has the characteristics of active thinking, so he doesn't think that Luo Yi's wanting to lease the land is malicious, and it is an offense to him.

Although he couldn't think of what Luo Yi would do with the completely useless desert, after thinking about it again and again, Peng Du really couldn't see what he would lose, so he kept asking questions.

"Where do you want to lease the land? How much area do you need? What will you use it for? How much is the rent?"

"You can choose a random place in the desert, I have no requirements for the location."

Luo Yi looked indifferent.

"Area, one square kilometer is fine."

"You may not understand the special feelings of farming peoples for the land. I leased the land to show off to my friends. In the future, I will invite my friends to the place I rented to show off to him: although the land under his feet is not owned by me Yes, but I have access and management rights."

"...By the way, after the lease agreement is signed, because it is impossible for me to send people to live in the desert, that piece of land still has to be managed by your people. I only have one request: you have to set that piece of land as a restricted area, unless With my permission, no one is allowed to enter."

Peng didn't understand the reason why Luo Yi messed up.

If it's just a desert where not a single blade of grass grows, invite the clansmen to go in, and the clansmen don't bother to go in.The restricted area or something has no practical significance.

Besides, Luo Yi didn't send anyone to supervise, so if the clansmen accidentally broke into the so-called restricted area, they wouldn't be punished in any way.

In this case, leasing a piece of desert to Luo Yi is obviously only in name, but will not actually have any impact.

Thinking of this, Peng Du basically agreed with Luo Yi's suggestion, but he still needed to know how much rent Luo Yi was willing to pay for it.

Facing Peng Du's question, Luo Yicai announced boldly: "I will give you 20 CFA francs every month."

This number is not much, equivalent to about 340 RMB.But for Peng Du, it is not without some small help: this money can guarantee the basic food and clothing for ten tribesmen.

After deliberating for a while, Peng Du suddenly said firmly, "I can rent you a hundred square kilometers of land!"

Luo Yi doesn't want it.

"Why do I need so many useless deserts? I just want to show off to my friends, and there is no practical use for me to rent deserts."

Hearing that Luo Yi objected to his suggestion, Peng Du felt relieved.

Peng Du bewitched, "With one square kilometer of land, you can see the other side of the border at a glance from one side of the border."

"One hundred square kilometers is different. If you take a friend into the leased land, you can tell him that no matter which direction you look, you can't see the border. Moreover, if you go around the border and walk around it, he may be able to see it in three days. You can’t complete a circle at night. Even if you ride a camel, it will take nearly a day to complete a circle.”

"Only such a large leased land is in line with your status and can make you more face in front of your friends!"

Luo Yi showed a hesitant expression.

"Although the rental fee is not too much for me, after all, it needs to be paid for a long time. It is not a small amount if it accumulates over time."

After thinking about it, Luo Yi seemed very interested in saving face, so he asked, "If I rent a hundred square kilometers of desert, how much rent will I have to pay?"

Pondu is more informed and influenced by the outside world than the average Tuareg.But in terms of bargaining skills, they still maintain the simplicity of the Tuareg people.

So Peng Du directly reported his psychological price.

"You only need to pay 500 million CFA francs a month, which is equivalent to a [-]% discount!"

Luo Yi pretended to struggle for a while, then hesitantly agreed.

Peng Du couldn't be more satisfied.

500 million CFA francs are equivalent to a contract of more than 8000 RMB.If Luo Yi used this money to spend domestically, it might not be enough to pay for a meal on some occasions.But in Peng Du's eyes, a local tyrant like Luo Yi is simply a wealthy existence.

A piece of desert that is worthless to the tribe, the rent obtained after renting out can buy a lot of food, enough to feed 250 tribesmen who have lost their ability to work!

With this extra income, even if the entire tribe cannot be guaranteed to be free from the threat of starvation, at least no one in the tribe will starve to death as long as there is no extreme situation.

As the other party to the transaction, Luo Yi was even more satisfied.

This money is nothing to Luo Yi.Even when the daily welfare is just a gold bar, this expenditure is less than 2% of Luo Yi's net income.What's more, now Luo Yi's welfare is already ten gold bars per day.

Luo Yi had no interest in establishing a concession - even if he was interested, he would not be willing to establish a concession in the desert.

His real purpose is to cheat the world.

ML is a traditional gold-producing country. Even if the transportation is inconvenient and the gold mining technology is very primitive, the annual gold output is dozens of tons.Before Luo Yi, one big yellow croaker a day wasn't too conspicuous.But trading ten large yellow croakers every day is a bit of a big deal.

As for whether Huang Chang is reliable, Luo Yi is not sure at all.And even though Huang Chang tried his best to keep it secret for his own benefit, Huang Chang bought the gold to sell it to his next family.Therefore, it is impossible to avoid attracting the attention of some insiders.

There is no airtight wall in the world.In the future, there will definitely be people driven by "strong curiosity" to figure out where Luo Yi got so many gold nuggets.

Those people can't imagine the truth even if they try hard.In order to prevent those people from thinking too deeply and causing too many brain cells to die (in fact, Luo Yi was mainly worried that those people would not use their brains if they could not guess the answer, and then directly resorted to violent methods), so Luo Yi had to set up a trap in advance to transfer them Sight.

As long as they are willing to spend time and energy to inquire, those curious people will naturally know that there is a forbidden area in the territory of a certain Tuareg tribe.

These curious people might suspect that there is a gold mine hidden in that restricted zone... Although Luo Yi couldn't figure out how to dig a gold mine in the desert, he couldn't stop others from imagining it.

If those people think wrongly, they should retreat in spite of the difficulties.

A normal person would analyze it like this: In name, Luo Yi leased that piece of land.But Luo Yi, a foreigner, could he be alone on someone else's territory and obtain such a large gold mine?
Now that the impossible option has been denied, it is easy to come up with the correct answer: the Pengdu tribe intends to use Luo Yi's status as a foreigner to rely on foreigners for self-respect!
The problem is coming.

Since the actual owners of the gold mines are the Tuaregs, can they steal food from the Tuaregs?
(End of this chapter)